Syrian armor with rubber wheel damage for reference. Having a hard time with pics.

Might as well make a thread out of this....

Here are a couple of wheel pics from the Pzkw IV at the AAF Tank Museum in Danville, Va.

What's up with the red on the wheels?

Lubrication points

Worn out Centurion roadwheels :



(from Steel Thunder website )

H.P.

nice pics.

And how does one replicate that in plastic wheels?

A mototool (Dremel) with a course sanding disk will wear down the rubber solids on the road wheels. Also, "bouncing" a burr bit in the tool will distress the edges. Finally, using a hobby knife, cut out irregular chunks from the inside and outside edges of the rubber solids. The "bites" can be big or small. No two are the same but the road wheel solids really take a beating in every type of combat environment.

I am certain there will be lots of experts out there who will respond with techniques of their own to pass along to you. Sometimes the road wheel distressing is overlooked on otherwise superbly weathered armor. It looks out of place to have "new" road wheels on a beat up tank or APC!

Good luck with your approach.

I just use an x-acto with a new #11 blade to chunk up my wheels. If you like your fingers, this is one job you'll take your time on. It's really easy to chunk your fingers if you don't.

I'd add needle files to tools list -- have used round and triangular ones.